The Sting-rays (often credited The Stingrays) were a British rock band from Greater London which recorded on Ace Records' garage and psychedelic subsidiary Big Beat and Joe Foster's Kaleidoscope Sound in the 1980s.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The Sting-rays | |
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| Also known as | The Bananamen, The Paralyzed Purple Rays |
| Origin | Crouch End, Haringey, Greater London, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1981–1987 |
| Labels | Big Beat Kaleidoscope Sound Cherry Red |
| Past members | Keith Cockburn Alec Palao Mark Hosking Bal Croce Jonny Bridgwood |
Discography
editMost of the band's songs were written by Alec Palao and Bal Croce.
- Albums
- Dinosaurs (Big Beat, 1983)
- Cryptic and Coffee Time (Kaleidoscope Sound, 1987)
- The Essential (Early) Sting-Rays (Big Beat, 1987)
- From the Kitchen Sink (Big Beat, 2002) compilation
- EP's, Singles
- On Self Destruct (Big Beat, 1983) EP
- The Crusher as Bananamen (Big Beat, 1983) EP
- "Escalator" (Big Beat, 1984)
- "Don't Break Down" (Big Beat, 1985)
- June Rhyme (Kaleidoscope Sound, 1986) EP
- Behind the Beyond (Kaleidoscope Sound, 1986) EP
- Live
- Stomping at the Klub Foot (1984) (with Restless, Milkshakes and Guana Batz)
- Live Retaliation (Media Burn, 1985)
- Live & Raw (Raucous, 1995)
- Live at the Klub Foot 1984 (Cherry Red, 2010)
- Compilation contributions
- Blood on the Cats (Anagram, 1983)
- Revenge of the Killer Pussies (Blood on the Cats #2) (Anagram, 1984)
- Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995 (1995)
References
edit- ^ David Stubbs, Rob Young Ace Records: Labels Unlimited 2008 p.87 "Another example of the type of group Big Beat worked with was The Stingrays. As Alec Palao, the American-based English expat, one time member of the band and subsequent Ace consultant, recalls: "The band was an amalgam of everything we were into, be it rockabilly, garage punk, 1970s punk, surf, northern soul, folk-rock; we were omnivores." The Stingrays were the classic example of a band who had supersized on Ace's ever-increasing and eclectic output of lost music."
- ^ Martin Jones Lover, Buggers, and Thieves 1900486415 2005 p.153 "This, and the fact that Big Beat were releasing ... ...played a track by then-current psychobilly band The Stingrays."
- ^ Marc Masters No Wave 2007 Volumes 287-292 p.267 "as punk rock mutated into psychobilly there was a demand for an outlet for the primordial rock music of such acts as Johnny & The Jammers, The Meteors, The Stingrays and The Cramps - and in 1980 the Big Beat label was born."
- ^ George Gimarc Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982 1997 031216968X p.275 "The Stingrays are proponents of the "back to Billy Haley" sound that has been lurking in English basements for the last two years."
- ^ The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul 1998 p.369 "...in the UK where his influence on 'trash' guitar groups, notably the Stingrays and Milkshakes, has been considerable."
- ^ Maximum Rocknroll No.15 1984 "The STINGRAYS look rockabilly, act punk, and sound more 60s than anything else (note their covers ...)"
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